Stamford, Connecticut, August 11th, 2026, FinanceWire Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY) – When an investor with a documented record of stepping into distressed Bitcoin-mining situations and helping create shareholder value begins buying a microcap in the open market, it is the type of signal investors should pay attention to. That is what appears to be happening at Sphere 3D Corp. (Nasdaq: ANY). Beginning July 22, 2026, the Founder of Endeavor Blockchain, LLC, began building a position in Sphere 3D through open-market purchases. By July 31, Endeavor disclosed a 6.5% stake in ANY through a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC. The position was purchased with real capital, publicly documented, and accumulated at a time when many microcap companies struggle to attract any meaningful investor attentio...

New York, United States, August 11th, 2026, FinanceWire Leading equipment financing specialist selects ChargeAfter to launch its consumer financing program; Stitch It International named as first retail partner.  ChargeAfter, the embedded lending platform for point-of-sale financing, announced today that equipment financing specialist BYLD Finance has selected its technology to power its expansion into consumer point-of-sale lending. The partnership enables BYLD to provide specialty equipment retailers with a fully branded consumer financing offering designed to increase approvals and drive sales growth.  By integrating ChargeAfter’s technology, BYLD is transitioning beyond its traditional commercial lending roots. Specialty retailers selling high-value equipment such as sewing, embroider...

Joseph Leggs, a mechanic, machinist, and engine builder based in Escondido, California, shares how early training and decades of experience shaped his approach to Porsche, Ferrari, and Lamborghini restoration. How did you get started in automotive work? California, USA, Aug 11, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — I grew up around tools and construction. My father worked as a firefighter, paramedic, general contractor, and builder. He brought my brother and me to job sites where we learned hands-on skills early. “I had tools in my hands by the time I was eight years old. By the time I was ten, I was using power tools under supervision,” Leggs says. The family also worked on their own cars. That exposure made the transition into professional mechanic and machine work natural. “We worked on our own cars gr...

United States, 11th Aug 2026 — PetShopValue.com  is expanding its online selection of pet supplies and apparel, giving pet owners across the United States a convenient way to shop for products designed for dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and small pets. The online pet store brings together a broad range of pet products under one digital storefront, with categories covering everyday supplies, toys, apparel, bedding, travel accessories, and other items for household pets. The platform is designed to make online pet shopping more accessible for customers looking for products without having to visit multiple stores. PetShopValue.com highlights affordability and convenience as key elements of its online shopping experience. The website currently promotes everyday low prices and f...

Founded by New York City salon owners Tim Tikhonov and Nadia Tikhonova, the brand is bringing its powder dry shampoo – refreshing, volumizing, and residue-free – to consumers across the United States for the first time. New York, New York, United States, 11th Aug 2026 – G-Fusion, a beauty and personal-care brand founded by New York City salon owners Tim Tikhonov and Nadia Tikhonova, today announced the nationwide availability of its Non-Aerosol Volumizing Dry Shampoo, marking the company’s first national expansion beyond its New York salon roots. The lightweight powder combines several functions – oil absorption, refreshing, added volume, and texture – in one portable product delivered through an aerosol-free system, and is available now to consumers across the United States on Amazon and ...

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 11th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its report, “The Next-Generation Investor: Behavioral Migration from Traditional Finance to Crypto Exchanges.” The report reveals that traditional asset trading is gradually shifting toward crypto exchanges. Among surveyed users with a traditional finance background, 74.2% have moved some or all of their traditional asset trading activities to crypto exchanges. Meanwhile, 83.3% of all respondents plan to further increase their traditional asset trading volume on crypto exchanges. Crypto exchanges are evolving beyond digital asset trading platforms to become important gateways for multi-asset trading. The survey collected 6,185 responses across 13 languages, including 2,874 respond...

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 11th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has upgraded its RealStocks trading experience with three new features. The upgrade is designed to improve access to the U.S. stock market, simplify fund and portfolio management, and support users pursuing long-term investment strategies through the MEXC platform. RealStocks is an innovative cross-market trading product launched by MEXC in collaboration with regulated brokerage partners, allowing eligible users to directly purchase and hold real shares of more than 7,000 US-listed stocks and ETFs. With the new RealStocks Real-World Assets (RWA) feature, users can access a trading experience that more closely mirrors the real U.S. equity market and enjoy applicable shareholder rights where ava...

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 11th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, listed DAPPOS (DOS) in the Innovation Zone, with the DOS/USDT pair opening at 09:07 (UTC) and the DOS/USDC pair opening at 09:27 (UTC) on August 10, 2026. DOS is also available on MEXC Convert for instant, zero-fee token swaps. To celebrate the listing, MEXC has launched the DAPPOS (DOS) Airdrop+ event, offering $60,000 worth of DOS and 10,000 USDT in rewards. DAPPOS builds low-barrier AI products that make advanced AI accessible without a steep learning curve. Its flagship product, xBubble, is a low-prompt AI agent that automatically codes, tests, and dispatches task-specific AI solutions, allowing users to focus on outcomes rather than manual operation. DAPPOS has raised more than $20 millio...

Castries, Saint Lucia, August 11th, 2026, FinanceWire PrimeXBT, a global multi-asset broker, has expanded its MetaTrader 5 (MT5) offering with the launch of a Cent Account, providing traders with a lower-risk way to access live markets, test new trading strategies, and trade with significantly smaller position sizes. A Cent Account functions like a standard MT5 account but is denominated in US cents (USC) rather than US dollars (USD). This means a $10 deposit is displayed as 1,000 USC within the MT5 platform, while the client’s Personal Area continues to show the balance in USD for clarity. Lot sizes are also scaled down, with 1 lot on a Cent Account equivalent to approximately 0.01 Standard lot, or 100,000 cents. The account supports leverage of up to 1:1000 and provides access to Forex ...

United Kingdom, 11th Aug 2026 –  ETHRA AI today announced a significant development update, confirming that work on the project is well under way as the team continues to advance the core artificial intelligence technology at the heart of the platform. The current phase of development is focused on building and refining ETHRA AI’s foundational AI capabilities, establishing the technical architecture required to support the project’s longer-term vision. Progress to date represents an important step toward creating an intelligent, adaptable and scalable platform designed for the next generation of AI-powered experiences. The ETHRA AI development team is continuing to strengthen the underlying systems, evaluate core functionality and refine the technology as the project moves through its dev...